3DI PROCESS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04241566 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees300200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-02-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-01-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-02-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2021-02-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-02-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2020-10-03
    ➕
    DYER, Julie Helen appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-10-03
    ➖
    DYER, Declan Roy resigned
    secretary
  16. 2020-10-03
    ➖
    DYER, Declan Roy resigned
    director
  17. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2019-02-14
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  21. 2007-05-01
    ➕
    DYER, Dylan James appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3DI PROCESS EQUIPMENT LIMITED
  23. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    DYER, Julie Helen appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    DYER, Declan Roy appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-06-26
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    DYER, Declan Roy appointed
    director
  28. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-06-26
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dylan James Dyer
Individual · British · DOB 04/1981 · age 45
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting12/02/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Julie Helen Dyerceased 12/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Declan Roy Dyerceased 03/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

Central House 1a Central Drive
Romiley
Stockport
SK6 4PE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DYER, Julie Helen→
secretary · appointed 2020-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DYER, Dylan James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2007-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DYER, Julie Helen→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DYER, Declan Roy→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2020-10-03
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2001-06-26
Resigned
DYER, Declan Roy→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2020-10-03
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2001-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11